The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-02-23
REPUBLICANS IN NEW YORK.
Moro About the MOrton-Hfscock " Com
blno" and What 1t Is Doing to "Har-
monize" the Party.

blno" and What 1t Is Doing to Char
monte" the Party.
There is no gainsaying the genuine
ness of the Republicanism of Chautau-
qua County. Perhaps, on that very
account, it seems destined to occupy
a conspicuous place in certain political
crises. 1t played a prominent part in
the memorable Senatorial struggle OF
1881, and decided the contest which was
lately brought to a close. The deser-
ton of its two Assemblymen from the
Miller phalanx to the Morton-Hiscock
"combine," enabled the millionaire
banker to crafty his revenge on the
Herkimer statesman for his defeat two
years ago, and the Journal to get even
with him for knocking out another
millionaire banker in the Saratoga
convention in 1885. Messrs. Frost and
Horton, the Assemblymen in question,
represent constituencies that strongly
favored the reelection of Senator Mil
Ter. The jamestown Journal, the lead
ing Republican organ of Chautauqua
County, voices the sentiments of those
constituencies in the following sharp,
unmistakable language:
Chautauqua's representatives are despised
by a great many for the action they took. Even
Morton and Hiscock supporters, while they pat
ted Messrs. Frost and Horton on the back, Sc
cretly thought less of them for deserving the
man to whom they had pledged their support
and Chautauqua County has not gained any
thing in good repute by the course pursued.
Why they voted as they did, the Journal
does not pretend to say. They were Miller men
| and they voted for Hiscock. differences can be
| drawn to suit individual views. y y Had Frost
and Horton held firm to their promise Senator
| Miller would have been renominated, and they
were told this. Had they proved true, the
wishes of their constituents would have been
| fulfilled. 1t must be remembered both
pledged themselves to Senator Miller, and then
| voted for Mr.. Hiscock. Mr.. Frost was
| almost an object OF pity, or of scorn. Inde-
cisive, weak and faltering, his voice trembled
US time after time he voted for Miller, know
ing that it would be his treachery that would
| nominate Mr.. Hscock. The less said
about this matter the better for the party. The
| Journal believes that Frost and Horton basely
betrayed their constituents, but their reasons
for the change can only be imagined.
| This is very unpleasant for the Chau-
tauqua Assemblymen. and adds new
interest to the peculiar tactics resorted
to by the combine" to defeat Warner
Miller. Mr.. Frost and Mr.. Taylor, o.
Chenango, signed the iron-clad pledge
to support Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Horton
although personally in favor of Mr.
Morton, declared forthe Herkimer can.
didate when the wishes of his constitu
ents were explained to him. The con
stituents of all three men are now try
ing to imagine the reasons for their re.
markable change of base at the mos
critical moment. The impression j
gaining ground throughout the STATE
that the combine was not such
brilliant piece of strategy as it was req
resented at first, and that, instead G
harmonizing factional differences,
has aggravated them to an exten
which bodies i'll for the party in the fall
The prospects for Morton men repre-
senting Miller districts are not encoul
aging. Constituencies are not apt t
let pass with impunity such flagran
disobedience of their declared wishe
on the part of their representatives &
Albany.
The 'scrambling about the corridors
} was not without effect. 1t is not agre,
able reading for Republicans in the Mi
5 Ter districts that their Senators and A.
| semblymen were delivered, like S
g much merchandise, to the man VIII
had the lowest number of votes, by I'll
"scrambling" candidate. Since e,
Alderman Duffy's graphic descriptio
of the meetings that eliminated in tt
. Broadway railroad steal, there Ii;
been no example of a combine" S
bold in its operations and so defined
it's opposition to public sentiment :
that there effected. When, as e
= Senator Macarthur pithily express
it, Mr.. Morton delivered the goods,
he could not deliver the districts fro
which the goods came at the san
time. The combine may find tn
out at the next election. cSenat,
Warner Miller is not likely to perm
! himself to be chiselled out of what w
his due by any ''scrambling about Il
y corridors without striking back.
albany argus.
WORTHY OF PENSIONS.